Been here over a week

Well the police shot three people on Tuesday....GOOD they are doing their job.

I have seen no violence and most of my contacts tell me that things are quieter than August. Be vigilant, talking is good. BUT THE REALITY....YOU as a TOURIST are not likely to be involved or a target.

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Right you are, except for tourists driving who have become frequent targets of car thieves, a problem we simply never really used to have except in remote areas. Now car thieves steal cars while their owners are driving them practically in front of the police in broad daylight anywhere they want. But the mayor so far refuses to require the municipal police to do anything other than report for work, sit around all day doing mostly nothing, and collect their paychecks. Oh, and of course provide security for the mayor and his family.

And just to correct, there were 4 people shot last week at the Oxxo on the corner of the airport road and the coastal highway 200. One of them was an innocent bystander and he was in bad shape in an Acapulco hospital last I heard. I believe he will still have to face charges although I've spoken with numerous people including his neighbors who vouch for him as simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time, which it appears he was. But the other 3 were allegedly trying to detain and kidnap a woman driving from Ixtapa who managed to call the police and outrun them until arriving at the airport gas station where the cops were able to arrive in time.